Roshi Motman is CEO Of Tigo, Airtel merged company in Ghana

The management of the merged Tigo and Airtel companies in Ghana have named Roshi Motman the new Chief Executive Officer of the merged company. Before this announcement, she was a General Manager of Togo Ghana.

With the merger successfully completed, Airtel CEO Lucy Quist leaves the company. This also makes the merged entity the the second largest mobile network operator in the country, with about 10 million customers, pushing Vodafone to third place with about 9million customers. MTN is the leading telco in Ghana and the merged entity has indicated that it will put the market leader, MTN on its toes and drive improved services.

According to a statement put out by the merged entity, “It is envisaged that the combined business will offer improved coverage and better quality of service to customers in both urban and rural Ghana, enabling wider access to communication solutions for businesses and mobile financial services to the Ghanaian customers.”

“Through an efficient delivery of superior customer experience, high speed data, innovative product mix and wider network coverage the new combined business will challenge the market leader, improve the competitive dynamics of the telecoms sector and in the long-term, strengthen the mobile ecosystem.”

The Airtel-Tigo merged entity will see both companies hold equal ownership and governance rights in the combined entity. The merged entity has not been formally given a name. It is not sure whether it will be known as Tigo.

The merger was first announced March 3, 2017 and took six months for the National Communications Authority (NCA) to give final approval. However it also comes with some conditions which include the fact that the two companies will run parallel networks and merge gradually as they go along over a period of 18 months. Customers of both networks will also keep their 026/056 and 027/057 numbers until such as time when any changes will be announced.

The regulator expects that the merger would have no or very little negative implications for customers.